Course overview

This course is a continuation from last term.
This course will provide a broad overview of quantum-mechanical
interactions between light and matter. We will focus mainly on light-atom interactions
and thus we will also do some atomic structure.
This term we will focus on the quantized electromagnetic field and
quantum measurement, with increasing emphasis on computational
methods.

Text:

I will provide typeset lecture notes for the course.
They are available in composite form at
this link, but I will also post separate versions for each lecture.

Grades

Grades for the course will be based on homework
and an in-class final exam.
The relative weights will be as follows:

Homework: 50%

Final exam: 50%

Homework:short problem sets will be assigned approximately
weekly during the term.

Final exam:
the final exam is an in-class exam, to be held at the reguarly
scheduled time of Tuesday, 18 March, 2008, at 10:15 am.

Pass/fail grading option: a passing grade requires the equivalent
of a C- grade on all the course work (homework and final).